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St. Maarten / By Hilbert Haar – Francesco Corallo’s company B Plus urged the Banca Popolare di Milano (BPM) in a letter dated November 16, 2012 to withdraw a lawsuit it filed under an article in the Italian civil code. The Italian edition of the

St. Maarten - Public Health Minister Dr. Cornelius de Weever will be moving to the courts to have the supervisory council of the St. Maarten Medical Centre (SMMC) rescind their positions.
“I asked the entire supervisory council to reconsider the

Students at the Genevieve de Weever School get assistance from Governor Holiday.St. Maarten –Governor Eugène Holiday paid a working visit on Wednesday to the Marie Genevieve De Weever Primary School. The governor received a warm welcome as all

Before 10/10/10 Winair was owned for 100% by the government of the former Netherlands Antilles. Airfares to and from Saba and St. Eustatius were dictated by the shareholder and promised subsidies were few and far between. Effective October 10, 2010,

Remarkably, the Netherlands is struggling with a situation that nibbles at the core of the constitutional state. Philosopher Ab Gietelink tackled the sensitive issue in a column in the Volkskrant. He notes that the number of people in preventive cust

Last week there was some symposium about race, slavery, archeology etc. etc. I do not go to symposiums, for two reasons. 1 I know already what they are going to say and 2 they speak very long sentences with foreign words in order to prove that they d

I understand that the Statia Agriculture/LVV Department is/was responsible for the capture and penning of the donkeys that previously roamed free on the island. However, there has been almost no care for or management of the captured donkeys and the

It is with great pleasure that I learned of the initiative by the Department of Tourism, Epic, St. Maarten Pride and the Ministry of Vromi/ Public Works to place garbage bins along the beaches of Mullet Bay and Kim Sha beach. For years these beaches,

The reports that come out about embattled casino boss Francesco Corallo seem at times conflicting. One moment the man is wanted by Interpol, a couple of months later his name and blurry picture are taken off the wanted list and most recently, the Ita

SDF President Charlotte Peterson and Rotary Mid Isle President Jon Hart.St. Maarten – The Rotary Club Mid Isle presented the St. Maarten Diabetes Foundation (SDF) with a donation of $1,500 for the purchasing of various testing materials. With t

Minerva Lawrence, in blue, together with members of the Rotary Club in front of her new car. St. Maarten – Minerva Lawrence was the lucky winner of the Rotary Club Valentine's Day Car Raffle. In the company of Rotarians, supporters and under s

Prime Minister Wescot-Williams together with the representative of the National Government of the Netherlands, Wilbert Stolte (left)St. Maarten – Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams met with the representative of the National Government of the

St. Maarten – Arriving and departing passengers and other users were pleasantly surprised yesterday, when the airport firemen turned cupids as they gave out candies and roses, with their bows and arrows slung around their necks.
Decked appropria

St. Maarten – Scotiabank has continued to be a supporter of the Aids Foundation with a successful weekend testing day and a $5,000 donation, solidifying a 7-year joint fundraising relationship.
At the testing day last Saturday, 173 people, 83 me

St. Maarten – The latest traffic development figures from the Princess Juliana International Airport (PJIA) indicate a slight decrease in traffic in 2012 compared to the preceding year.
While scheduled aircraft movements showed a slim decline of

GREAT BAY- St. Maarten will play host to more than 200 delegates who will be attending a regional conference organized by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). The conference will focus on Machine readable travel documents, biometric

St. Maarten - Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams on Wednesday confirmed that she had deferred the appointment of a successor to Voluntary Korps of St. Maarten (VKS) Commander Lt. Colonel Jean Illidge, to the board of that foundation.
After 16 ye

St. Maarten -Innovations in Governance, Creating Change Agents From Within, is the theme of a public service training program that the government plans to embark on. The initiative comes at a time when St. Maarten is seeking to build up all of its in

Students with their certificates after they conducted the Girl Power program of the Aids Foundation. GREAT BAY – St Maarten Aids Foundation, in collaboration with Sector Public Health, delivered the Girl Power program to 73 first- and second-forme

From left to right: President Jon Hart, Rotarian Veronica Jansen and Rotarian Peter MazereeuwSt. Maarten – At their recently held Valentines Dinner, the Rotary Club of St. Maarten-Mid Isle welcomed their newest member Veronica Jansen to the world o

MP Gracita Arrindell and Lawyer HijmansSt. Maarten – MP Gracita Arrindell met with Lawyer Hijmans earlier this week, to discuss further preparations of the objectives to introduce a draft law on domestic violence.
Arrindell will also discuss thi

St. Maarten—The Soualigan Fyah, a poetry/spoken word competition for teens ages 13-18, will get its official launch this afternoon, at 5 p.m., at the Jubilee Library.
The event, organized by Lysanne Charles of 5 Square Miles Productions in collabo

THE HAGUE – The Dutch economy shrank by 0.2 percent in the final quarter of last year, meaning the Netherlands is now back in recession, according to initial estimates released by the national statistics office CBS yesterday.
Year-on-year, the e